Part of: Re-Think Athens: Urban Challenges
Talks & Thoughts

Managing diversity in today’s metropolis

Cycle "Re-think Athens"

Dates

Tickets

Free admission

Venue

Onassis Stegi

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Tuesday
Time
19:00
Venue
Upper Stage

Information

Tickets

Free admission

General Information

Entrance to all the events in the “Talks and Thoughts” Cycle is free and on a first come, first served basis.
The distribution of entrance tickets begins one (1) hour before each event.
Simultaneous translation is provided in the case of speakers using a language other than Greek.

Introduction

The central question posed by this series relates to the ways in which contemporary metropolises can manage this variety and polysemy for the benefit of society as a whole.

To understand the bustling variety of post-industrial metropolises, one needs to distinguish between the many different forms of diversity that make up their overarching polysemy and complexity. The central question posed by this series relates to the ways in which contemporary metropolises can manage this variety and polysemy for the benefit of society as a whole.

Speakers

Dean, Professor of Urban Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan
Ronald van Kempen
Professor of Urban Governance and Development, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London
Mike Raco
Sociologist, Researcher of ΕΚΚΕ (National Center of Social Research)
Nicholas Souliotis
President of the Greek National Commission for Human Rights
Kostis Papaioannou

Chair

Journalist, radio station Athens 9,84
Gina Moscholiou

Curator

Professor of Social Geography, Department of Geography, Harokopio University
Thomas Maloutas